Local Elections Act, 1948

Election year for vocational education committees.

8.Section 24 of the Local Elections Act, 1937 (No. 14 of 1937), is hereby repealed and in lieu thereof it is hereby enacted for the purposes of the Vocational Education Acts, 1930 to 1947, that—

(a) in relation to every council of a county, county borough or urban district and every vocational education committee, the local election year shall be an election year and every third successive year after that year shall also be an election year, and

(b) in the case of a vocational education committee all or any of whose members are appointed by a local authority whose members stand removed from office at the passing of this Act, the year 1948 shall also be an election year in relation to such committee and every local authority who appoint members of such committee.